Mark Emig Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I'm finally taking some time in the shop to makle some stuff for me. I made the stakes from Mark Aspery's book today. Made them from S7-mainly cause it's what I have. Next is good news/bad news thing. 2 of them failed-mostly because I mistreated the material. I forged it like plain steel-when drawing the tapers, I had the problem an uneven taper-one side a bit thicker than the other-due to the dies being worn in my hammer. So, I did what I do with mild steel (duh-not the thing to do)-stood it a bit on the diamond to knock one side down. If you look at the resulting crack you can see exactly what happened. Step one-plug in brain-then work. Remade 2-was careful in forging-results were very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I understand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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